Teachnology
Teachnology: United States Constitution Teaching Theme
Enhance classroom teaching on the United States Constitution with the help of these resources including lesson plans, activities, interactive sites and more.
Annenberg Foundation
Annenberg Classroom: The Annenberg Guide to the United States Constitution
The Annenberg guide to the United States Constitution: what It says, what It means. RI.11-12.8 seminal U.S. texts
Thomson Reuters
Find Law: United States Constitution: Article Ii
Full text of Article II from the U.S. Constitution, as well as detailed annotations that explain the reasoning and subsequent impact of each clause and section of the Article. Content explores everything from the nature and scope of...
Read Works
Read Works: The Making of the United States Constitution
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text about the Constitution of the United States. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
Thomson Reuters
Find Law: u.s. Constitution: Article V
This resource provides information about Article V of the United States Constitution.
US Government Publishing Office
Ben's Guide to u.s. Government: Constitution of the United States
Find background information on the Constitution of the United States of America, and learn the three basic principles upon which the Constitution was written. Additional content includes a look at the text of the Constitution, the events...
Colonial Williamsburg Foundation
The Colonial Williamsburg Foundation: The United States Constitution
Take a close look at this document that was written in Philadelphia in 1787. It gives us the rights that we still have today. Select a thumbnail, and then roll over the picture to zoom in.
Illinois Institute of Technology
The Oyez Project: Katz v. United States
Katz v. United States altered the meaning of the 4th Amendment, the right to search and seizure, appealing his case in 1967 regarding the investigator's use of electronic surveillance. Oyez features the facts and recordings from the...
Thomson Reuters
Find Law: u.s. Constitution: Article Vii
This resource provides information about Article VII of the United States Constitution.
iCivics
I Civics: The Constitution: Rules for Running a Country
Handy introduction to the Constitution of the United States, which has been our government's rulebook since 1789.
Annenberg Foundation
Annenberg Classroom: The Illuminated Our Constitution
Check out this ibook on the United States Constitution.
Read Works
Read Works: Role of the President of the United States
[Free Registration/Login Required] Excerpts from Article II of the United States Constitution explaining the role of President. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
Library of Congress
Loc: Primary Documents in American History: United States Constitution
A compendium of primary resources that are valuable pieces of American history, as well as exhibitions, teaching resources, and bibliographies. Together, this site is a goldmine of materials for studying constitutional history.
This Nation
This nation.com: Constitution of the United States
This site provides the full text of the Constitution of the United States of America.
Bill of Rights Institute
Bill of Rights Institute: Gouverneur Morris
A lesson plan introducing or revisiting the role of Gouverneur Morris in the planning and writing of the United States Constitution.
Thomson Reuters
Find Law: u.s. Constitution: Preamble
This resource provides information about the Preamble to the United States Constitution.
Thomson Reuters
Find Law: Article Vi: National Duties of State Officers
This resource provides information about Article VI of the United States Constitution.
Library of Congress
Loc: Constitution
Collection of primary resources having to do with the constitution throughout American history.
Thomson Reuters
Find Law: Article Iv: Doctrine of the Equality of States
This resource discusses Clause 1, Section 3, in Article IV. It outlines the parameters put in place to ensure that as new states entered the union, power was equitably distributed among all.
US National Archives
Nara: Teaching With Documents: u.s. Constitution Workshop
A workshop, appropriate for elementary, middle school, and high school students, through which participants examine a variety of primary documents and their relationship to the U.S. Constitution. This resource provides workshop...
The Dirksen Congressional Center
Dirksen Congressional Center:congress for Kids: Introduction to the Constitution
Explore the history of the United States Constitution: information about the writing the Constitution, the Great Compromise, the Constitution's signers, the Bill of Rights, the Amendments to the Constitution, federal powers, checks and...
Bill of Rights Institute
Bill of Rights Institute: Constitution of the United States of America (1787)
The Constitution was written in the summer of 1787 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, by delegates from 12 states, in order to replace the Articles of Confederation with a new form of government. It created a federal system with a national...
Cornell University
Cornell University: Law School: Constitution of the u.s.
The Constitution of the United States is provided by the Legal Information Institute of Cornell University of Law.
US Senate
Vice Presidents of the United States: Elbridge Gerry
A very nice biography of the fifth vice president of the United States, Elbridge Gerry. Gerry died in office in 1814.